When can I see the ISS over Florianópolis tonight?

The next ISS pass over Florianópolis starts at 14:30 local time on Monday 19 Oct, reaching 46° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Saturday 24 Oct at 20:22, reaching 14°.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Florianópolis — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Florianópolis, Brazil for the next 3 days, in local Florianópolis time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Florianópolis

Saturday 24 Oct · 20:22 · 14°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Florianópolis: Mon 26 Oct, 20:22

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Monday 19 Oct	14:30	46°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	16:08	13°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	22:41	24°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Tuesday 20 Oct	00:18	19°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 20 Oct	13:43	23°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	15:20	21°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	21:55	14°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 20 Oct	23:30	38°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 21 Oct	12:57	12°	~3 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	14:32	38°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 21 Oct	22:43	74°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 22 Oct	13:44	79°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 22 Oct	21:56	45°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 23 Oct	12:57	47°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 23 Oct	14:35	13°	~4 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Florianópolis?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Florianópolis above 10° in the next 10 days: 34. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 4.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Florianópolis is on Monday 19 Oct at 14:30 local time, reaching 46° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Saturday 24 Oct at 20:22 (14° above the horizon).

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. Daytime passes in the table are invisible to the eye.
Florianópolis sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.

🔭 See it better — the rest of your night sky

You need nothing for the ISS: it is brighter than any star. A pair of binoculars is for everything else up there — Moon craters, Jupiter's moons, star clusters and the fainter satellites the eye misses.

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